All Robert Baden-Powell Quotes
- I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but… Adversaries
- As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving… Been
- The great thing that strikes you on looking back is how quickly you have come-how very brief is the span of life on this earth.… Brief
- Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in 1904, when he… Abundant
- Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ. Any
- I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success… All
- I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as… Attributes
- No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may… Any
- Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded… All
- After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when… Assisting
- Commemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT Baden-Powell CHIEF… Abbey
- Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case… Back Numbers
- Happiness is not mere pleasure not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure. Active
- A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room. Camp
- It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it. Adventure
- Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor… Achievement
- "Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence. African
- To get a hold on boys you must be their friend. Boy
- In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can. Ask
- "Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing." Any
- The first step to this end is to develop peace and goodwill within our borders, by training our youth of both sexes to its practice… Beyond
- O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser. God
- The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive. Clearness
- Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still. Leadership
- Look wide, beyond your immediate surroundings and limits, and you see things in their right proportion. Look above the level of things around you and… Aim